Merry-go-round.



F. BOECKER.

MERRY-GO-ROUND.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 5, 1915.

1,143,352. PatentedJune 15, 1915.

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MERRY-GO-ROUND- APPLICATION FILED FEB. 5. 1915.

1,143,352. I Patented June 15, 1915.

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FRIEDRICH BOEGKEER, 02E" HOIHENLIMBURG,WIELHELMSHfiHEE,

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GERMANY.

MERRY-GO-ROUND.

Specification of Letters Batent.

Patented June 15, 1915 Application filed February 5, 1915. Serial No.6,396.

To all whom z'tmay concern Be it known that I, FRIEDRICH BOECKER, asubject of the German Emperor, and resident of I lohenlimburg,I/Vilhelmshohe, Germany, manufacturing director, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in So-Called Merry-Go-Rounds Equipped withShip-Shaped Cabins for Passengers, Said Cabins Being Dived Under Water,of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a socalled merry-go-round withship-shaped cabins for passengers, said cabins being dived under water,thus forming a kind of submarine. boats.

The aforesaid merry-go-round is characterized by its specialarrangement, owing to which the said cabins will give the illusion ofmoving around in a big water basin, whereas the water is really only ina comparatively small basin, going around with the whole apparatus.

The accompanying drawings show difi'erent specimens of my invention.

Figure 1 is a specimen of my invention, its characteristic feature beingthat the passengers will get into the cabin from above,

whereas in specimen as per Fig. 2 passengers 7 can get in from the side,the same as in Fig. 3, this latter having a water basin of special form.Fig. 4 shows a specimen, the cabins of which can be entered from theside, while the greatest part of them is being surrounded by water. InFig. 5 the entrance for passengers is on the lower side of the cabins.

A common feature of all these specimens is a large water proofturning-plate (1)) containing the cabins for the passengers, saidturning-plate having an upwardly bent rim all around, thus formingasortof basin, which is partly filled with water. The axle (a) of theaforesaid basin and the basin itself is in an inclined position.

In the specimen as per Fig. 1 there are ship-shaped cabins equipped withentrancedomes (e) projecting over the turning-plate in such a way, thatat the highest spot of the turning-plate (b) the aforesaid cabins willcome out of the water, whereas at the lowest spot of the turning-platethe ship-shaped cabins will be completely under water. The entrancedomes are equipped with windows all around and the circular upperentrancedoor can be made of thick glass. When passengers are to get inor out, the basin is turned in such a way, that the entrancedomes willcome out of the water one after the other, so that the passengers mayget into the entrance-domes; these domes being equipped with stairs,from which a railed foot-bridge 5 leads upward. The above mentioned rim,turning around with the turning-plate (b) is covered by a ring-shapedhood (it), so that the rim cannot be seen. The cabins underneath theturning-plate are ship-shaped and windows are arranged in such a waythat the passengers must needs get the impression of water being outsidethe windows. The water being visible all around and above theentrance-dome, passengers will have the sensation as if they were in asubmarineboat, completely under water, whereas in reality water is onlyupon the turning-plate which turns around under the water.

As shown in Fig. 1 basin 7) together with the inclosed cabins f arejointly rotated on inclined shaft a in the following manner: Shaft 71.of motor m by bevel gear wheels 7" It, drives the shaft 79, of a worm g.The latter engages worm wheel u, carrying on its shaft, a gear wheel 1)which meshes into the toothed rim w of basin 7).

The specimens represented in Figs. 2-5 bring about the same bewilderingillusion; in Figs. 2-4 passengers get in from the sides and in Fig. 5from below.

In the specimen as per Fig. 2 the waterbasin is arranged similarly as inFig. 1. In specimen Fig. 3 the water-basin, being also placed above thecabins, is ringshaped, whereas in Figs. 4 and 5 the cabins are wholly orat least partially surrounded by water, because they are placed on thebottom of the water-basin.

I claim:

1. A merry-go-round with cabins for passengers, said cabins being divedunder water, characterized by the fact, that these cabins are fixedwithin a basin, turning around an inclined axis, said basin being filledwith water so far that the upper parts of the aforesaid cabins will benow under water, now above water, without being moved in a baslncontalnlng water.

2. A merry-go-round comprising a Water basin rotatable on an inclinedaxis, and of In testimony whereof I have hereunto set a cabin mountedWithin the basin and adaptmy hand in the presence of two subscribing edto be rotated therewith. Witnesses.

3. A merry-go-round comprising a Water FRIEDRICH BOECKER. [L.S.] 5 basinrotatable on an inclined axis, a cabin Witnesses:

mounted Within the basin, and a hood pr0- HELEN NUTER, jeeting over therim of the basin. A BERT Nome.

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